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' HEEL TRIMMER.

No. 252,243. Patented Jan. 10, 18812.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I FRANKLIN MOULTON AND CHARLES M. ADAMS, OF ASHLAND, MASS.

HEEL-TRIMMER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 252,243, dated January10, 1882.

Application filed June 6, 1881. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANKLIN MOULTON and GHARLEs M. ADAMS, citizensoftheUnited States, residing at Ashland, in the county of Middlesex andState of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Heel-Trimmers; andwe do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reerencebeiughad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification,and to the letters and figures of relerence marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a plan view of a heel-tiimming deviceembodying our invenguard, showing the manner ofconnecting them to thedevice. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the guard and guard-knife, and Fig. 4is a perspective View of the guard.

The present invention has relation to that class of heel-trimmers forwhich a patent was granted to Franklin Moulton October 12,1880,-

No. 233,108, and is designed as an improvement thereon, saidimprovements being fully illustrated in the draw ings and hereinafter described. I

In the accompanying drawings, A represents one of the many forms ofheel-trimming devices, having the usual knife, B, connected in anysuitable manner to the arms a b. The arm it upon its inner side isformed with a recess to receive the shank of a guard, C, said shankbeing made wedge shape, so as to prevent it from working out of placeand more securely holding the guard in position with relation to theknife B.

The guard G has a concave face, a, so as to rest on the boot or shoeupper under the heel, and is located in close contact with the corner ofthe knife B, which trims the heel.

A guard-knife, I), is connected to the guard C at an angle thereto, saidknife being dovetailed to fit within a dovetailed recess, d, a screw, 6,holding the knife stationary therein.

The edge of the knife D is located directly under the edge of theconcave face'c, this edge or portion of the guard running between theouter sole and the upper, thereby allowing the knife to take out thefeather-edge on the outer Fig. 2 is a detail view of the knives andtied.

sole next to the upper at the same time the heel is trimmed by the knifeB, which not only saves time but takes thefeather-edge off much neaterand truer. The edge or point of the knife D, being under the lower edgeof the guard G, protects the edge or point from cutting the upper.

The bevel of the knife can be ground so as to take out a large shavingand make a deep groove, or a small shaving and alight or shallow groove,or both ends of the knife can be ground, one end for a deep groove andthe other for a light or shallow groove.

In case the knife is worn out or breaks off at the end it can be groundup and placed in position the same as when new, the knife being removedfrom the guard by loosening the screw c,which will allowthe knife to heslipped outof the dovetail recess (1.

The wedge-shaped shankfof the gage O is formed with an elongated slot,9, for the reception of a screw, h, the end thereof passing through theslot and engaging with a screwthreadcd lint, i, by which means the guardis held in place and at the same time admitting of its adjustability.

Having now fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a heel-trimming machine, the combination, with the knife B, of theguard G, having the concave face 0, said guard being adjustablyconnected to its support and carrying the adjustable knife I),substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The guard 0, having concave face 0 and wedge-shaped shank f, withelongated slot 9, for attaching it to the arm a, the dovetail recess d,for connecting thereto the guard-knife D, substantially as and for thepurpose speci- In testimony that we claim the above we have hereuntosubscribed our names in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANKLIN MOULTON. CHARLES M. ADAMS. Witnesses: ALEXANDER M. HIGGINS,OvRUs B. STocKwELL.

